UPDATE: The hmtreasury confirms all households in Northern Ireland will get a £200 heating oil payment to help with energy costs, not just those that use heating oil
The chancellor also told the House of Commons that Northern Ireland will receive an additional £650m for public services..Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is expected to make a statement on Stormont's budget next week.In a statement issued after the chancellor's announcement, Mr Heaton-Harris said the economic challenges facing the UK were "further compounded in Northern Ireland with the current lack of locally-accountable leadership".
Northern Ireland does not have any locally-elected ministers in post because of a stand-off over post-Brexit trading rules. The Democratic Unionist Party is refusing to return to Stormont's power-sharing executive government until those Brexit rules, known as the Northern Ireland Protocol, are scrapped or changed."Despite receiving the biggest funding allocation since devolution began, decisions made by outgoing ministers have left a £660m black hole in the executive's finances," Mr Heaton-Harris said.
"In the absence of a functioning executive, my department remains committed to closing the gap in public funding and protecting the ongoing delivery of vital front line services, but this is an unsustainable situation that I want to see resolved by the restoration of local leadership as soon as possible."
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